tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2008-08-07://53 2009-08-01T16:20:01Z Movable Type Pro 4.21-en tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2009://53.37640 2009-08-01T16:20:01Z 2009-08-01T16:20:01Z

I'll be heading to Montréal for Balisage: The Markup Conference in a little over a week. As usual it will feature some of the most traveled folks in XML and related technologies.

Uche Ogbuji I'll be heading to Montréal for Balisage: The Markup Conference in a little over a week. As usual it will feature some of the most traveled folks in XML and related technologies. tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2009://53.36092 2009-04-30T13:56:28Z 2009-04-30T13:56:28Z

The data chef discusses translation of data from SPSS format, for those who don't have a licensed copy at hand.

Uche Ogbuji The data chef discusses translation of data from SPSS format, for those who don't have a licensed copy at hand. tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2009://53.35901 2009-04-19T02:38:41Z 2009-04-19T02:38:41Z

Database field-length silliness has haunted me throughout my career as an data/information architect, and I've never liked it. "VARCHAR(255)? What? Because in the lifetime of that data, which by the way you'd better be planning to exceed the lifetime of this miserable application, you're never going to need more than 255 characters?" ... So here comes Twitter with it's damned 140 characters.

Uche Ogbuji Database field-length silliness has haunted me throughout my career as an data/information architect, and I've never liked it. "VARCHAR(255)? What? Because in the lifetime of that data, which by the way you'd better be planning to exceed the lifetime of this miserable application, you're never going to need more than 255 characters?" ... So here comes Twitter with it's damned 140 characters. tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2009://53.35194 2009-02-04T03:17:07Z 2009-02-04T03:17:07Z

I've always loved the MoinMoin wiki, and lately I've been using it for more and more, at work and at home. I've pined for a REST wrapper for a while, and I finally bit the bullet and wrote one, as part of the open-source Akara project, which among other things provides RESTful access to the XML processing capabilities of Amara 2.x.

Uche Ogbuji I've always loved the MoinMoin wiki, and lately I've been using it for more and more, at work and at home. I've pined for a REST wrapper for a while, and I finally bit the bullet and wrote one, as part of the open-source Akara project, which among other things provides RESTful access to the XML processing capabilities of Amara 2.x. tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2009://53.34960 2009-01-12T03:52:28Z 2009-01-12T03:52:28Z

A small Python utility to extract saved text area content from Firefox session files.

Uche Ogbuji A small Python utility to extract saved text area content from Firefox session files. tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2008://53.34123 2008-11-12T14:18:18Z 2008-11-12T14:18:18Z

Spring Python is an offshoot of the Java-based Spring Framework and Spring Security for Python. Version 0.8.0 is out and, and it builds on my favorite FLOSS project, Amara.

Uche Ogbuji Spring Python is an offshoot of the Java-based Spring Framework and Spring Security for Python. Version 0.8.0 is out and, and it builds on my favorite FLOSS project, Amara.